Cultural Influences

The Joe Fishstein Collection of Yiddish Poetry is unique and also contains important Yiddish literary periodicals. Of interest to Canadian readers are the Yiddish books and journals printed in Montreal and elsewhere in Canada. Its importance lies chiefly in the fact that it contains a surprising number of works seldom found elsewhere and that most of its volumes have been preserved in vintage condition. Includes information on the origins of the Yiddish language and the emergence of modern Yiddish literature as well as on the catalogue, indices, and archival items.
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/fishstein/search/intro.htm

Presents a catalogue from a 1981 exhibition of five centuries of Hebraica and Judaica, rare bibles, and Hebrew incunables from the Jacob M. Lowy Collection at the Library and Archives Canada.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/6/6/index-e.html

The Koffler Centre of the Arts in Toronto features an art gallery, schools of dance, music and visual arts, the Leah Posluns Theatre, the Helen & Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards and the annual Jewish Book Fair.
http://www.kofflercentre.com/

Brief biography of this Paris-based Canadian short story writer and novelist.
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/heirloom_series/volume5/226-227....

Collection of over 300 biographical articles on Canadian fiction writers, written for both adults and children.
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCECat...